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Restaurant-Style Coleslaw II

Rated as 4.6 out of 5 Stars
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"This delicious recipe turns out slaw just like the famous coleslaw at a popular fried chicken restaurant chain!"
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Ingredients

2 h 15 m servings 158 cals
Original recipe yields 8 servings

Directions

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  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, salt, pepper, milk, mayonnaise, buttermilk, vinegar and lemon juice until smooth. Add cabbage and carrots and mix until blended with the dressing. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 158 calories; 11.2 g fat; 14.3 g carbohydrates; 1.6 g protein; 6 mg cholesterol; 250 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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KFC's coleslaw is the only slaw I will eat, so I was so happy to find this recipe. But I did make a few changes - I cut the sugar down to 1/4 cup and left out the buttermilk (I don't like it, so...

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All we could taste was the lemon juice. It hid the flavor of everything else. It was also incredibly runny. I'll keep looking for another coleslaw recipe.

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KFC's coleslaw is the only slaw I will eat, so I was so happy to find this recipe. But I did make a few changes - I cut the sugar down to 1/4 cup and left out the buttermilk (I don't like it, so...

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This was great! I hate buying a carton of buttermilk for recipes that call for 1/4 cup, so I made a substitute using regular milk & lemon juice. I also used pre-shredded cole slaw mix & let th...

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The recipe I have been searching for for years! Delicious! Because of the comments of others, I was going to cut back on the milk, and I ended up forgetting to add it entirely! Throw away the...

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I tryed this coleslaw and i absolutely love it.I used the store brought Dole coleslaw mix,and used this dressing OMG i just loved it.And it do tasted like KFC coleslaw and i love their coleslaw....

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Use this recipe in my catering business. I cut the quanty of milk in 1/2. Not quite so liquid.

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It's been years since I've eaten at KFC, so I have no idea how closely this coleslaw resembles theirs. In addition, I'm not a big coleslaw fan so I guess you could say I was a tough sell. I ad...

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Great slaw, Steph! My family thoroughly enjoyed this with our New York steaks and horseradish guacamole found on this site. For a closer version of the "chicken place's" recipe, try subing tarra...

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This is the best coleslaw ever ~ tastes just like KFC. The buttermilk is the *key* here ~ I even replce the milk with all buttermilk.

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so easy and so good! make this at least a day ahead. use that slaw mix at the grocery store, no big whoop there. it does taste better than kfc! i love this with grilled chow!

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